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    Suggest some Good Ram for M15x.

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by newfiejudd, Mar 16, 2008.

  1. newfiejudd

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    I was wondering if any one could suggest some good ram for the M15x.

    I was hoping to find something with a low Cas rating.

    4-4-4-12 if it is availible.
     
    newfiejudd, Mar 16, 2008
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    You really don't need any specific ram. Just go with some Corsair or Crucial ram or something and you should be fine.
     
    Stone825, Mar 16, 2008
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    I'm happy with my Corsair purchase for my laptop.
     
    McGrady, Mar 16, 2008
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    i've heard good things about stuff like this... but i can't attest to how good it is personally.

    for me, i just bought some OCZ for my desktop. works great, though the first set of sticks in the dual-channel had to be RMA'd because of one of the chips had a fault just past the 512MB rage (it was a 4GB kit)

    Though, i'm not sure how large you want the ram to be, considering AW doesn't support 64-bit OS's and 32-bit OS's will only see 3072MB.
     
    Mystik, Mar 16, 2008
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    I thought 5-5-5-15 was faster?
     
    Lessaj7, Mar 16, 2008
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    CAS is supposed to be a LATENCY rating. and therefore, the lower, the better.

    ... in theory at least.
     
    Mystik, Mar 16, 2008
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    well but I don't think that you will recognize the difference between 4 and 5 in the m15x...
     
    the.s.a.i.n.t, Mar 16, 2008
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    I'm not sure you'd see the difference on any system really...
     
    Mystik, Mar 16, 2008
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    i put this in and its running well.. same as the earlier posted link, but with heat spreaders. fits fine.

    i'm actually doing some benching of it against the original memory that came with the unit now. not that expect any massive difference, just bored waiting for downclock fix :p
     
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    You're not going to see a difference between a CAS of 4 and 5, so it doesn't really matter. Memory latency does not matter that much with Intel-based systems these days.

    I'd go for Corsair, OCZ, Crucial, Kingston, or Transcend memory as they have always proven to be reliable for me. G.SKILL I have had too many problems with defective memory to count.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Mar 16, 2008
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    I put in 4 GB of Corsair for under $100. Loving it!
     
    .RanT., Mar 16, 2008
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    Thanks guys.
     
    newfiejudd, Mar 16, 2008
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    toprpm, Mar 17, 2008
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